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21	A trinitarian modal-spherical method of apologetics : an attempt to combine the vantilian method of apologetics with reformational philosophy / Guilherme Braun Braun, Guilherme January 2014 (has links) The task of a reformed apologetics is the application of both theology and philosophy in the confrontation with unbelievers, bridging the gap between the natural man and the Gospel of Christ and trying to do justice to the multi-aspectual, existential and constitutive sides of created reality. In the Festschrift of Cornelius Van Til, two well-known reformational philosophers, Herman Dooyeweerd of the Netherlands and Hendrik Stoker of South Africa, among others, discussed with Van Til the methodology of Christian apologetics (Jerusalem and Athens 1971: viii). The investigation focus on the reflections of Dooyeweerd and Stoker on Van Til’s method, which attempted to break away from classical methods and to reform apologetics biblically. Thence, constructive criticisms, methodological integration of reformational insights and the opening up of new avenues of apologetic discourse follows after a structural evaluation of the dialogue between the three thinkers, leading to a Trinitarian, Modal-spherical method (TMSA) of apologetics, while still presupposing the biblical and triune essence of Van Til’s pressuppositional apologetics. After absorbing and integrating inter-related elements in its Trinitarian framework, the new method of apologetics will be introduced to broader Christianity via two integralist accounts of traditional Christian philosophy, both inspired by an interpretation Neo-Thomism, which in many respects correspond to the Neo-Calvinist vision. So that after non-dualistically expanding TMSA’s methodological foundation and scope of interaction non-, it can be briefly introduced to other nuances of apologetics at the final step of the thesis, in the hope of contributing for the ongoing reformation of the Church and its apologetic endevour. / MA (Missiology), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2014 Van Til Stoker Dooyeweerd Reformed apologetics Reformational philosophy Trinitarian-covenantal theology Modal aspects of reality Law spheres Presuppositional apologetics Marlet Neo-Calvinisme Neo-Thomism Radical Orthodoxy TMSA Gereformeerde apologetiek Reformatoriese wysbegeerte Trinitariese verbondstheologie Modale aspekte van realiteit Wetssfere Voorveronderstellingsapologetiek Neo-Thomisme Neo-Calvinism Radikale Ortodoksie
22	Le dieu incompréhensible du dernier Bayle. Etude sur les notions communes dans les "Entretiens de Maxime et de Thémiste" (1707) / The incomprehensible God of last Bayle. Evidence and common notions in the Entretiens de Maxime et de Thémiste (1707) Bedoya Ponte, Victor 25 January 2012 (has links) Nous analysons le dernier ouvrage écrit par Pierre Bayle, les Entretiens de Maxime et de Themiste (1707), où il livre un combat de plume ultime avec deux théologiens réformés, Jean Le Clerc et Isaac Jaquelot. Il s’agit d’une querelle entamée après la publication du Dictionnaire historique et critique (1697) de Bayle, et dont tous les ouvrages directement concernés sont aussi examinés. À partir du problème du mal et du péché, Bayle formule une critique à la théologie chrétienne visant à mettre en évidence la faiblesse des arguments rationnels qui doivent l’affirmer. Les seules forces de la raison ne suffisent pas à éclairer les dogmes qui forment la religion, et il faut avoir recours à la lumière de la foi, à la Bible, pour les accepter. De l’étude de cette argumentation nous concluons que, pour Bayle, la religion est une question privée, qui ne se prête pas vraiment au dialogue philosophique. / We analyze the last work written by Pierre Bayle, the Entretiens de Maxime et de Thémiste (1707), where he opposes for the last time two Arminian Theologians, Jean Le Clerc and Isaac Jaquelot. Their quarrel started with the publication of Bayle’s Dictionnaire historique et critique (1697) and continued until his death in 1706. By pointing to the insoluble problem of evil and sin, he proposes a refutation of rational arguments that attempt to prove Christian Theology. We examine all the writings involved in this controversy and review in great length its arguments. Bayle shows that Christianity is unable to demonstrate its dogmas by reason, and claims that only faith can legitimate them. Therefore it is concluded that religion for Bayle belongs to the private sphere, and cannot be rationalized through a philosophical dialogue. Bayle, Pierre (1647-1706) Le Clerc, Jean (1657-1736) Jaquelot, Isaac (1647-1708) Philosophie moderne Refuge Huguenot Protestantisme Calvinisme Arminianisme Théodicée Péché Problème du mal Liberté Bayle, Pierre (1647-1706) Le Clerc, Jean (1657-1736) Jaquelot, Isaac (1647-1708) Modern Philosophy Huguenot Refuge Protestantism Calvinism Arminianism Theodicy Sin Problem of Evil Freedom

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A trinitarian modal-spherical method of apologetics : an attempt to combine the vantilian method of apologetics with reformational philosophy / Guilherme Braun

Le dieu incompréhensible du dernier Bayle. Etude sur les notions communes dans les "Entretiens de Maxime et de Thémiste" (1707) / The incomprehensible God of last Bayle. Evidence and common notions in the Entretiens de Maxime et de Thémiste (1707)